A Woman Recorded Her Own Murder Using Her Smartphone

A Pennsylvania woman was murdered by her boyfriend and had her phone recording the whole thing, local police say. Wesley Webb, 40, got into an argument with her boyfriend, 43-year-old Keith Smith, on May 2, and started to record the dispute on her phone.

According to the Times of Chester County, Smith can be heard shouting at her, "You want to record it now, bitch?" Then the sound of a gunshot can be heard; police say Smith then shot Webb in the chest with a 12-gauge shotgun. He then is heard saying, "Fuck you! How's that? That's where we just went." Smith then reportedly fired the gun at himself in a failed suicide attempt. The audio kept recording until the police arrived; the recording will be admissible in court under Pennsylvania's wiretap law.

Three children were in the house at the time of the killing; two were Webb's children, Madison and Matthew, and the third was Smith's child. They came downstairs, saw the aftermath, and called 911. Smith has been charged with first-degree murder, third-degree murder, possessing an instrument of crime, and endangering the welfare of children, according to WPVI-TV. He is in the hospital in stable condition.

"This was a savage, selfish, and cowardly murder," Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan said in a statement. "The defendant did not hesitate to kill his girlfriend. But he flinched when it came to killing himself. Now, the victim is dead, the defendant is alive, and three kids have been badly traumatized."

Wesley's sister and brother-in-law have set up a GoFundMe account to help care for Madison and Matthew, and start a college fund for them. They have raised more than $27,000 in four days. The aunt and uncle are fighting for custody of the two of them and planted a Japanese maple tree in Wesley's brother's backyard in her memory.

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